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National Association of Pension Funds chairman Mark Hyde Harrison has stepped down from his position as chief executive of the Barclays UK retirement fund.

PP asks NEST director of communications Graham Vidler and Partnership Assurance head of financial institutions how we can improve outcomes.

Simon Davies has been appointed to head up Aon Hewitt's UK defined contribution consulting team in preparation for a boom in DC provision.

RPMI's acquisition of Electricity Pensions Administration last week is part of a three-pronged strategy to grow its business, according to managing director of administration Robert Branagh.

Auto-enrolment and pressure on cashflows are forcing schemes and employers to re-examine their administration arrangements, providers and consultants say.

Professional Pensions has launched a Campaign for Better DC Default Options in a bid to raise awareness of best practice in defined contribution default design.

Employers should consider using a specialist service to help smooth auto-enrolment compliance and potentially save money, a provider says.

Employees in the manufacturing sector are more likely to join their company pension scheme than those in any other industry, research from Zurich reveals.

Schemes' desire to reduce volatility has resulted in a significant increase in asset allocation changes in the past 12 months, Baring Asset Management research shows.

Industry and government must reopen the debate on collective defined contribution schemes to give members better value on costs and risk sharing, the TUC urges.